Les Fenton conquers GUKPT Goliath

Les Fenton is this year's metaphorical David who has conquered GUKPT Goliath. The 30-year-old outlasted a huge field of 1,954 entries at Coventry's G Casino to walk away with a first prize of £31,210.

Fenton, who started the final day with a healthy chip lead, remained in control throughout, never dropping out of the top two in the chip counts. After Sung yee Hun was eliminated in third place Fenton agreed a chop with Mark Harding that would see both players take home £26,610. The pair played on for the Champion of Champion’s seat and £4,600 that Grosvenor added to the prize pool and it didn't take long to reach a result. Precisely one hand in fact.

Fenton raised, Harding shoved and the architect from St Albans made the call, tabling A10 which was in good shape against Harding's A7. The 8-J-8 board brought chop possibilities but a 9 on the turn and 7 on the river gave Fenton the straight and his biggest live score to date.

Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.

“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”